Historical information

This article was published on March 28th 1910 when Henry Lawson spent some time in a bush camp at Mallacoota, set up E.J. Brady who later recalled Lawson's visit, "We were in our first camp on Captain's Point, living like gipsies. The fishing was good, the shooting was good and a temporary solving of the economic problem had left one free to write when and what one liked - in blessed literary emancipation and far enough from all that vulgar, strident condition that is miscalled 'modern civilization'".
The article describes an event that took place on March 6 and is attributed to Henry Lawson.

Significance

This item is a contemporary record of the writing of Henry Lawson, one of Australia's best known poets.

Physical description

A newspaper clipping from the Eden Magnet. It is titled "A Day at Mallacoota (And A Night Too).

Inscriptions & markings

handwritten at top - March 28th, 1910
below title -11/3/6